Matt (name)

Athletes

Matt Adams, American baseball player

Matt Asiata, American football player

Matt Ballin, Australian rugby league player

Matt Barnes, American basketball player

Matt Bentley, American professional wrestler

Matt Besler, American footballer

Matt Bessette, American mixed martial artist

Matt Biondi, swimmer

Matt Birk, American football player

Matt Blair, (born 1950), American football player

Matt Bradley, Canadian ice hockey player

Matt Bradley (American football), American football player

Matt Bryant, American football player

Matt Brennan (American football), American football player

Matt Bullard, former basketball player

Matt Burke, Australian rugby union player

Matt Burns, a.k.a. Nick Mondo, American professional wrestler

Matt Cain, American baseball player

Matt Carpenter (baseball), American baseball player

Matt Cassel, American football player

Matt Coates, Canadian football player

Matt Cohen (ice hockey), American ice hockey player

Matt Cook (ice sledge hockey) (1987–2010), Canadian ice sledge hockey player

Matt Cook (rugby league) (born 1986), English rugby union and rugby league footballer

Matt Cooke, Canadian ice hockey player

Matt Crafton, American racecar driver

Mat Dawson (born 1972), English retired rugby union player

Matt DiBenedetto, American racecar driver

Matt Duffie, New Zealand rugby union footballer

Matt Dunigan, Canadian Football league

Matt Elliott (footballer), Scottish footballer

Matt Fish, basketball player

Matt Forte, American football player

Matt Garza, American baseball player

Matt Gillett, Australian rugby league player

Matt Giteau, Australian rugby union footballer

Matt Hanousek, American football player

Matt Hardy, American professional wrestler

Matt Harvey, American baseball player

Matt Hasselbeck, American football player

Matt Hayden, professional cricketer

Matt Hernandez, American football player

Mat Hoffman (born 1972), American BMX rider

Matt Holland, footballer

Matt Holliday, American baseball player

Matt Hughes (fighter), mixed martial artist

Matt Jones (basketball) (born 1994), American basketball player

Matt Jones (Australian footballer) (born 1987), Australian rules footballer

Matt Jones (footballer, born 1980), Welsh international football player

Matt Jones (footballer, born 1986), English football goalkeeper for Belenenses

Matt Jones (golfer) (born 1980), Australian professional golfer

Matt Jones (ice hockey) (born 1983), American ice hockey defenseman

Matt Jones (mixed martial artist) (born 1982), American mixed martial artist

Matt Jones (rugby union) (born 1984), Welsh international rugby union player

Matt Jones (running back) (born 1993), American football running back

Matt Jones (wide receiver) (born 1983), American football wide receiver

Matt Kalil (born 1989), American football

Matt Kemp, American baseball player

Matt Kenseth, 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion

Matt Kohn, American football player

Mat Latos (born 1987), American Major League Baseball pitcher

Matt Lee, Canadian professional wrestler, better known as Shane Matthews

Matt Le Tissier, former English International association football player

Matt Light, (born 1978), American football

Matt Lloyd (footballer), Australian rules footballer

Matt Lloyd (Paralympian) (born 1972), British ice sledge hockey Paralympian

Mat Mendenhall (born 1957), American former National Football League player

Matt Morgan (wrestler), American professional wrestler

Matt Morris (baseball), retired baseball player

Matt Moylan, Australian rugby league player

Matt Mullins, American martial artist

Matt Nagy, American football player

Matt Neal a British touring car driver

Matt Osborne, professional wrestler

Matt Perry (rugby player), English rugby union footballer

Matt Postle, Welsh racing cyclist

Matt Prater, American football player

Matt Prince, a.k.a. Wifebeater, American professional wrestler

Mat Rebeaud (born 1982), Swiss freestyle motocross rider

Mat Robinson (born 1986), Canadian ice hockey player

Matt Robinson (American football) (born 1956), American football player

Matt Robinson (footballer, born 1907) (1907–1987), English football player

Matt Robinson (footballer, born 1994), English football player

Matt Robinson (rugby league) (born 1990), New Zealand rugby league player

Mat Rogers (born 1976), Australian former rugby league footballer

Matt Ryan (American football), American football quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons

Matt Scoggin, American diver

Matt Schaub, American football player

Matt Snell, (born 1941), American football player

Matt Stairs (born 1968), baseball player

Matt Stajan, ice hockey player

Matt Stover, American former football player

Mat Toshack (born 1973), Australian former rugby league footballer

Matt Vogler, American football player

Matt Ward (lacrosse player), American lacrosse player

Matt Wieters, American baseball player

Musicians

Matt Bellamy, guitarist, pianist and lead singer of Muse

Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, original guitar player and co-songwriter for influential punk/ska band Link 80

Matt Cameron, former Soundgarden drummer and current drummer of Pearl Jam

Matt Costa, singer/songwriter from Hungtington Beach, California

Matt Freeman, bassist for the bands Operation Ivy and Rancid

Matt Helders, drummer for the Arctic Monkeys

Matt Heafy, the vocalist and guitarist for the metal bands Trivium and Capharnaum

Matt Hoopes, lead guitarist for the band Relient K

Matt Houston (singer), French R&B singer and music producer originating from Guadeloupe (aka Matt)

Matt Johnson (singer), founder and only constant member of multimedia band The The

Mat Kearney (born 1978), American singer-songwriter and musician

Matt Monro, British singer

Mat Osman (born 1967), English musician, bassist of the rock band Suede

Matt Redman (born 1974), English musician

Matt Shadows, vocalist for band Avenged Sevenfold

Matt Sharp, former member of the rock band Weezer

Matt Simmonds, demoscene musician

Matt Slocum, former member of Sixpence None the Richer and composer of "Kiss Me"

Matt Sorum, hard rock drummer and percussionist

Matt Tuck, metal singer for the band Bullet For My Valentine

M. Ward, singer-songwriter and guitarist

Actors

Matt Cohen (actor) (born 1982), American actor

Matt Dallas, American actor

Matt Damon (born 1970), American actor

Matt Dillon, American actor

Mat Fraser (fl. 1980s-present), English actor

Matt L. Jones (born 1981), American actor and comedian

Matt LeBlanc, American actor

Matt Robinson (actor) (1937–2002), American actor

Mat Stevenson (born 1969), Australian actor

Politicians

Mat Erpelding (born 1975), American politician

Matt Gonzalez, Green Party politician

Matt Jones (politician), American politician

Matt Lesser, American politician

Writers, journalists and editors

Matt Barbet, journalist

Matt Boyd (writer), writer of the webcomics Mac Hall and Three Panel Soul

Matt Casamassina, editor for the website IGN

Matt Cohen (writer), writer

Matt Jones (writer) (born 1968), British television writer and television producer

Matt Lauer, television journalist

Matt Robinson (poet) (born 1974), Canadian poet

Other

Matt Allwright, British television presenter

Mat Collishaw (born 1966), English photographic and video artist

Matt Cook (historian), Birkbeck College professor

Mat Franco (born 1988), American magician and winner of the ninth season of America's Got Talent

Matt Groening, best known as the creator of The Simpsons and Futurama

Matt Harding, Internet celebrity better known as "Dancing Matt"

Matt Jones (photographer), fashion photographer

Matt Jones (interaction designer) (born 1968), active researcher and organizer of scientific conferences

Mat Kirkby, English filmmaker, winner of the 2015 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film

Matt Lucas (born 1974), British comedian, best known for Little Britain

Matt Morgan (comedian), comedian and comedy writer

Matt Pritchett, cartoonist in the UK Daily Telegraph

Matt Taylor (scientist), project scientist for the Rosetta mission

Matt West, choreographer

Fictional characters

Matt Foley, Saturday Night Live parody character

Matt Horner, in the Starcraft franchise

Matt (real name: Mail Jeevas), in the anime Death Note

Matt Murdock, secret identity of the Marvel Comics superhero Daredevil

Matt Oleander, in Degrassi: The Next Generation

Matt Robinson (Neighbours), in the Australian soap opera Neighbours

Matt, The Intern (2015 film)

Matt Ishida, Digimon Adventure

Surname

Francis Xavier Matt, German-American immigrant and founder of Matt Brewing Company

Jamille Matt (born 1990), Jamaican footballer

Patrick Matt (born 1969), Liechtenstein track cyclist

Richard Matt (1966–2015), American convicted murderer and prison escapee